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What was the land of the Lorax like before the Once-ler arrived? Did it seem like someplace you'd like to live? What parts of your own environment would you be sad to see go?
- The land was veyr beautiful.It seems to me a place like in the middle of the woods or you could say the middle of no where. I would be sad to see all the trees that they are cutting down to go.

What kind of person is the Once-ler? Why won't he listen to the Lorax? The Lorax says to the Once-ler, "You are crazy with greed." Why does the Lorax say that? Do you agree or disagree?
-Once-Ler is a person who thinks that only what he does it right. Because the Lorax has an idea and he is being put down and noone likes what he is doing. I agree because he is just trying to make a life like everyone else.

Why does the Lorax speak for the trees? Why is it important to speak up for others? Have you ever spoken up for someone else? Has someone else ever spoken up for you?
- He is speaking for the trees because that is something that interests him. It is important to speak up for others because some people don't know how to speak up for themselves and they need help. Yes, I speak up for people all the time because I can't stand when people pick on other people.Yes, someone has spoken up for me before and I was glad that they do.

How does the Once-ler's Thneed business hurt the land of the Lorax? What happens to the Swomee-swans, the Brown Bar-ba-loots, and the Humming-fish? How could things have been different if the Once-ler listened to the Lorax?
- Because all the animals would have more land to live on and the Once-Ler's plan would hurt the Lorax because he wouldn't make BIGGER BIGGER money that he was already making.

What do you think the boy hearing the story will do with the Truffula seed that the Once-ler tosses to him? What would you do if you were the boy?
-I would plant the seeds so that you could grow more trees for the ones that are being cut down.

Do you think the Lorax and his friends will come back if new Truffula Trees grow? Where do you think they have been?
- Yes, they will probably come back because the entire time they have been coming back and then they had to make them leave.

The Once-ler says, "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." What does the Once-ler mean? Can one person make a difference? Can you? What are some things you can do to better your own environment?
-He is meaning that everyone plays a part if one person doesn't care it's going to hurt the enviroment. Yes every person makes a huge difference.You can better your own enviroment by doing thing's such as cleaning up and stuff.

How does the Once-ler feel about what his Thneed business did to the Lorax and friends?
-He feels bad about what he has done because he knows that it was very wrong.

Dr. Seuss used bright colors on some pages of the book and dull colors on others. Did you notice this? Why do you think he did that?

-Yes, I noticed it and I think that he did it because he was relating it to the book at that certain time or it also may have been his feelings while he was writing the book at that time.

Why is The Lorax called a cautionary tale?

- It's warning us because it's telling us what will happen if we don't listen to special interest groups.